The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced a public meeting of the Dairy Industry Advisory Committee (Dairy Committee) to review and approve the final recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture on policy issues impacting the dairy industry. The meeting will be held via conference call on March 3, 2011, at 1 p.m. EST. You must register by March 2, 2011 to participate. Instructions regarding registering for and listening to the conference call meeting is provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the notice found in the Federal Register Volume 76, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011), Notices, Page 8998. Written comments received by March 3, 2011 will be accepted. Visit the committee website for more information. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=about&subject=landing&topic=dia
Links
- "Across the Fence" – Addison County Milk Truck Cleaning and Disinfection Drill *(NEW)*
- "Across The Fence" on WCAX-TV (video): Preparing Vermont for an Animal Disease Emergency
- (Feb. 2, 2011) News Article: "Expect the Best, Prepare for the Worst: Research Helps Prepare Communities for Disaster"
- (July 4, 2011) News Article "Local Farms Prepped for Emergencies"
- 2011 Vermont Emergency Management Conference Presentation
- Building Capacity – A UVM Extension Project
- Dairy Forum Deals with Infectious Disease
- Dairy Herd Network – Crisis Management
- EDENotes: A blog for delegates and friends
- Farm Safe VT
- FEMA: U.S. Small Business Administration and Agility Recovery Solutions
- Healthy Farms Healthy Agriculture: An Overview of Dairy Biosecurity* – I helped produce this!
- What Ceres Might Say
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A draft of the final report is now available at the link noted above.